Stuart's first urban farm

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Stuart's first urban farm

We grow fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers right in the heart of Downtown Stuart. Our one-acre garden is small by most standards, but we use intensive planting techniques and vertical hydroponic towers to grow thousands of pounds of fresh produce each season.

Photo by Katie Long

Ground Floor Farm is the first urban farm in Stuart, established in 2014 on one lovely acre abutting Frazier Creek. We grow fresh market produce like salad mix, bunching greens, heirloom tomatoes, fresh herbs, and tropical fruits. As an urban farm, we focus on growing food where the short distance from farm to customer makes a real difference.

In south Florida, our main growing season runs October through May. The hot summer weather makes it difficult to grow many of the traditional fruits and vegetables most customers are used to. But as we grow, it is our mission to educate our customer base and offer more regionally and seasonally appropriate crops to extend the season.

We battle pests and diseases with predatory insects, natural deterrents, physical barriers, regular scouting and culling, and a lot of squishing by hand. When these practices are insufficient, we use only organic-approved materials for pest control.

NO synthetic chemical pesticides, insecticides, or fungicides are ever used on our farm.

Where to buy

Where to buy

The market is open Tue-Sat 10 AM - 8 PM (at least). Stop in and see what we've got!

Throughout the season, our farmstand is stocked with a variety of fresh vegetables. We also bake sourdough bread daily, we make cheese from local milk, and pickle lots of our own veggies for sale on our craft food table. Because our farm is subject to the whims of Mother Nature, we can’t guarantee the availability of any single item at all times, but we plant a wide variety to ensure harvests are bountiful and tasty.

Our commitment

Our commitment

Why we grow

We believe that sustainable agriculture is a force for good. We believe that farming can benefit our environment. We believe that food is the foundation of culture. We believe in food as medicine. We believe in the need for more alternatives to industrial food. We believe that food production can and should take place in urban settings.

Urban farms have the unique opportunity to engage communities right where they are. Urban farming makes food production conspicuous and offers neighbors the opportunity to see what goes into raising food before it winds up at the grocery. Kids, especially, can develop a new relationship with food by seeing and participating in how it's grown.

How we grow

We are committed to natural and sustainable growing practices. We grow appropriate crops in season. We prioritize heirloom varieties when possible. We source our seed from cooperatively- and employee-owned companies, and save some seed ourselves. Some, but not all, of our seed is certified organic. None of our seed is GMO.

We rely on only organic fertilizers for our soil garden. We compost our own farm waste as well as waste from local restaurants and return the nutrients to our soil. Our hydroponic garden is fine-tuned to use water and fertilizer conservatively. We use a commercial hydroponic nutrient sourced locally to grow healthy crops.

Under no circumstances do we use any chemical pesticides on our farm. The only materials we use to treat pests and disease are approved for organic agriculture. We manage pests generally through cultural practices and use sprays as a last resort.